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West Ham agree fee in region of £15m with Liverpool for Andy Carroll


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I think he may well be my favourite player since Beardsley hung his boots up. Sure there's been more talented players but it's always a bit more special to see a homegrown player with a genuine love for the club terrorising defences.

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I still pinch myself at the fact our academy actually produced this lad. After the dog-turd we've had, particularly upfront, in the past.

 

Shows how naturally gifted the guy must be. Imagine if we had a top coaching regime for him.

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I still pinch myself at the fact our academy actually produced this lad. After the dog-turd we've had, particularly upfront, in the past.

 

Shows how naturally gifted the guy must be. Imagine if we had a top coaching regime for him.

 

In fairness to the coaching staff I actually think he's come on in leaps and bounds in the last 12 months.

 

His all round play has developed phenomenally.

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Anyone think he has a realistic chance of scoring more then Shearer did for us?

 

How many has he got for us already?

 

Not a chance, if he even comes close to being consistent over the next year or two he will be bought by a bigger team.

 

Sick of this to be honest. Sure, Ashley could decide to cash-in in a couple years time (or will be forced to if we go down), but barring that it's far from set in stone he'll leave.

 

It's not as if he's counting the days until he gets to play for his dream club - he's already doing it and seems to be loving every minute of it. The club has come a long way in the last 15 months and he's a big reason why. Plenty of people on here will say "yeah, but he'll want to win trophies." Carroll will dream of leading Newcastle to glory at Wembley and given his confident demeanor he's likely to think he's capable of doing it. I'm sure he's never pictured himself raising a trophy for Manchester City, but I can bet you he's thought of doing it while wearing the #9 shirt for Newcastle United.

 

Also, as long as Newcastle's in the PL then he will have every opportunity to play for England, so that's not an issue.

 

Last season went better than most expected. This season to date is better than expected. Maybe we push through to the end and finish mid-table. Maybe we make a couple more good signings next summer. Maybe we finish in the top-half next season. Who the hell knows, but a little optimism goes a long way.

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It's hard to believe that less than 12 months ago he hardly looked capable of making it in the Championship and now he's one of the brightest prospects in England.  I can’t remember a player ever making so much good progress in such a short space of time at Newcastle.

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People talking as if he is definitely going to leave :lol:

 

He's a bright prospect who is playing very well and he loves being at his hometown club - can we not just leave it at that? Rather than acting as if it's absolutely nailed on that he'll leave in the next 12 months.

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People talking as if he is definitely going to leave :lol:

 

He's a bright prospect who is playing very well and he loves being at his hometown club - can we not just leave it at that? Rather than acting as if it's absolutely nailed on that he'll leave in the next 12 months.

 

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